Help a weird student out? Chance back

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Okay, so my resume is a little unique, maybe you'll see why as you go through it. Not necessarily better or worse, just different.</p>

<p>Chance me for:
Brown
Cornell
Wash U in St. Louis
Georgetown
Notre Dame
Emory
Boston College
NYU
Berkeley
UCLA
U Michigan
Williams
Amherst
Wesleyan
Claremont McKenna
UF
FSU</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I superscore (breakdown): Taken twice - M 680 W 700 R 710
ACT (highest composite w/breakdown):Taken once - 33
SAT II: 740 lit, 730 math 2, may take history for Gtown
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.701 (right now, higher for RD)
Weighted GPA: 4.883 (right now, higher for RD)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 51/365 (right now, prob around 45/365 when I apply) - I go to one of the top 10 public high schools in the country, very very competitive
AP (place score in parentheses): Only reporting 5s and 4s - AP Macro (4), AP Micro (couldn't take exam), APUSH (3), AP Gov (4), AP Psych (5), AP Lang (5), AP Stats (3), AP Lit (3), AP Calc AB (in progress)
IB (place score in parentheses) scores are out of 7, all HL courses are 2 years of a 6.0 curve:
IB Math SL (5), IB Bio SL, IB History of the Americas HL, IB Econ HL, IB Chem SL, TOK, IB English HL, IB Spanish IV SL (junior) IB Spanish V SL (senior)
Dual Enrollment (same weight as AP/IB): Applied Physics, College Composition 1 & 2, College Algebra
Senior Year Course Load: Some of the above courses
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list]• AP Scholar with Distinction; 10th & 11th grade
• National Merit Scholarship Commendation
• National Honor Society; 10th & 11th grade
• Future Business Leaders of America; won a district award at a competition & qualified for the state competition (was unable to attend)
• Academic Games; history team won award at competition
• Debate; placed at district competition
• Track; won improvement award during my freshman year
• Highest GPA in religion class for the grade; freshman year
• Academic Achievement Award; junior year; AP English Literature & Composition
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):NOT DONE ALL FOR ALL FOUR YEARS
International community service club (president & founder), local community service club (VP), political forum (pres & founder), class secretary my freshman year, NHS (leadership head), FBLA (Secretary & founding member - one year), Debate (varsity), Psychology Honor Society (Treasurer one year), Key club, academic games, chorus, school play, track team (varsity), cross country
Job/Work Experience:Private AP/IB Tutor
Volunteer/Community service:[/list]Tons - International work w/NGOs, ton of work with a local hospital charity (fundraising & volunteering), political campaigning, set up track meets, started a local exercise initiative
Essays: Writing is my strongest quality by far - interesting essay on coming to terms with heritage
Teacher Recommendation #1: Great
Teacher Recommendation #2: Good
Other letters of rec: 3 other teachers (for schools that accept more than 2) - All vary from good to stellar, depending on how literate my teacher is
Counselor Rec: Good, run of the mill
Interview: I'm good at answering questions on the spot, but idk
What did you choose as your major: UG Buisness or econ
School Type:Magnet
Ethnicity:Asian (indian)
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list]NONE
Strengths:essay
Weaknesses:GPA</p>

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<p>I didn’t really find anything about your stats “a little unique”, was this just a ploy to get people to read the whole thing?</p>

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<p>Well I meant my coursework is a little different as I have both APs and IBs. I thought it would be a good way to get people to read the post, but I never meant to trick anyone or anything :)</p>

<p>If you’ve read it now, I’d love a few chances. And I will keep my word and chance back. That goes for anyone reading this :slight_smile: Thanks!</p>

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<p>^ I agree. I think I skimmed through the whole thing twice to see if I missed something. You have a very rigorous courseload and a good ACT score but I don’t see anything that sets you apart.</p>

<p>Anyways, since I have gone through it:</p>

<p>Brown: Reach
Cornell: Reach
Williams: Reach
Amherst: Reach
Wesleyan: Reach
Claremont Mckenna: Reach
Georgetown: Reach (unless you can bump that GPA up)
Notre Dame: Reach
NYU (Stern?): Reach
UC Berkeley: Reach (Haas is really competitive)
UMich: Reach (Ross is competitive too)
WUSTL: Reach
BC: High Match
UF: Low Match
FSU: Safety</p>

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<p>Brown: Reach
Cornell: Reach
Williams: Reach
Amherst: Reach
Wesleyan: Reach
Claremont Mckenna: Reach
Georgetown: Reach
Notre Dame: Reach
NYU (Stern?): Reach
UC Berkeley: Reach
UMich: Reach
WUSTL: Reach
BC: High Match
UF: Low Match
FSU: Safety</p>

<p>please chance back
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1571620-will-i-get-into-any-these-transfer.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1571620-will-i-get-into-any-these-transfer.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@jake5504. You literally copied and pasted the response above - both of you missed the exact same schools and you went in the same order. I find this funny, considering that I posted these same stats about a month ago to get some responses (only got 2, so I wanted to repost) and you gave me VERY different chances. I’ll keep my word and chance you, because I did say that I would, but I just wanted to point this out because I’m looking for honest answers - not a copy/paste job.</p>

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<p>Regardless of his copy-paste, the majority of your schools are reaches. You do need to bump your GPA up a little bit to have a solid chance at most of your schools.</p>

<p>You should be a match for Emory too. (missed it in my last post, my bad).</p>

<p>Also make sure you leave out all those ECs you seem to have spent less time on than your others; same goes with awards. Colleges don’t care if you had the highest GPA in one class for a year…it really isn’t that impressive. Don’t put all those clubs in either. Just the few that you spent the most time on and are passionate about. Being president for 10 different clubs where you spent a year each in isn’t nearly as impressive as being president of a couple where you spent 4 years. Basically I’m just trying to say that your post seems like a laundry list of all your accomplishments when really only a few of them are noteworthy.</p>

<p>PS: Format your posts so that they’re easier on the eyes; you’ll get a lot more chances that way.</p>